Manchester United to Face Spanish Giants and City Rivals in USA Tournament
March 21 2017 - 6:30PM
Business Wire
- United to take part in the
International Champions Cup
- Games against top la liga sides Real
Madrid and Barcelona
- Games against two MLS sides to kick-off
tour
(NYSE:MANU) Manchester United will play five games in the USA
this summer, including matches against Real Madrid, Barcelona and
Manchester City in the Club’s Tour 2017, presented by Aon.
United will kick-off their pre-season in North America with two
games against Major League Soccer sides, taking on Los Angeles
Galaxy at the Stubhub Centre on Saturday 15 July, followed by a
match against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on Monday 17
July.
Days later, United will take part in the International Champions
Cup (ICC), kicking off the tournament against rivals Manchester
City on Thursday 20 July with the venue to be revealed in due
course for the highly anticipated Manchester derby.
Jose Mourinho will then come up against his former Club when
United face Real Madrid at the Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, on
Sunday 23 July. The clash comes three years after a record breaking
US soccer attendance of 109,318 spectators watched the Reds record
a 3-1 win over the Spanish giants.
The tour will then conclude in Washington DC with a game against
Barcelona on Wednesday 26 July at FedEx Field, in what will be the
first meeting between the two sides since United claimed a 3-1
victory in the sell-out clash in California two summers ago.
Speaking of the Club’s summer plans, Manchester United’s
Executive Vice Chairman, Ed Woodward, said:
“Tours are vital for the team’s preparations for the season
ahead and we are facing top class opposition in world class
stadiums, ensuring it is the ideal environment for the manager and
team to prepare.
“Everybody is excited for the tour and it gives us the
opportunity to play in front of some of the millions of Manchester
United supporters which we have across the USA. I am delighted that
those fans will be able to see every kick of every match of the
2017 Tour, presented by Aon, on the new MUTV app.”
This will be the fifth consecutive year that the ICC returns to
the US, as part of their worldwide tournaments through Relevent
Sports, Catalyst Media Group and LeSports, which has seen some of
the biggest football clubs in the world take part.
Manchester United has taken part in the last four ICC
tournaments in North America and China. The team has played 10
games, winning on seven occasions with almost 600,000 supporters
attending matches.
Tickets for the games are expected to be in high demand, with
Manchester United enjoying sell-out crowds in previous visits to
North America, with more than half a million spectators attending
games. Supporters, including UK-based Manchester United fans, can
purchase tickets for the game via www.manutd.com/Tour2017 with
additional details announced in due course.
CONFIRMED SUMMER SCHEDULE 2017
DATE
OPPOSITION VENUE KICK-OFF Sat 15 July LA
Galaxy StubHub Stadium, Carson TBC Mon 17 July
Real Salt Lake
Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake
TBC Thurs 20 July Manchester City TBC
TBC Sun 23 July Real Madrid Levi’s stadium, Santa
Clara TBC Wed 26 July Barcelona
FedEx Field, Washington, D.C.
TBC
Ends
About Manchester United
Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful
sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular
spectator sports on Earth. Through our 139-year heritage we have
won 65 trophies, enabling us to develop the world’s leading sports
brand and a global community of over 659 million followers. Our
large, passionate community provides Manchester United with a
worldwide platform to generate significant revenue from multiple
sources, including sponsorship, merchandising, product licensing,
new media & mobile, broadcasting and match day.
About the international champions cup
The International Champions Cup (ICC) was formed in 2013, with
some of the world’s biggest football clubs taking part in
pre-season competitions around the world. The ICC was founded by
Relevent Sports and sees competitions amongst football’s elite
being played in the USA, China and Australia. In 2014 an all-time
record attendance in the US was broken, with 109,318 spectators
watching Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid at the
Michigan Stadium.
Manchester United in the USA
Close season tours
May/June 1950:
- Twelve games against mainly local clubs
(included one game against Mexican club Atlas)
- New York, Fall River, Mass., St Louis,
Los Angeles, Chicago (also Toronto & Montreal)
May/June 1952:
- Twelve games against local clubs and
also Atlas x 2, Tottenham Hotspur x 2 and Stuttgart Kickers
(Germany)
- New Jersey, Philadelphia, Fall River,
Mass., Chicago, Los Angeles (also Toronto & Montreal)
May/June 1960:
- Ten games against local clubs and also
Heart of Midlothian x 4 and Munich 1860
- New York, St Louis, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Fall River, Mass., Philadelphia (also Toronto &
Vancouver)
May 1967:
- Benfica (Los Angeles), Dundee (San
Francisco)
May 1970:
- Bari (New York), Eintracht Frankfurt x
2 (San Francisco and Los Angeles)
May 1976:
- Chicago Sting, Dallas Tornado
May 1978:
- Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tulsa
Roughnecks
May 1980:
May 1982:
Pre-season tours
July 2003:
- Celtic (Seattle), Club America (Los
Angeles), Juventus (New Jersey), Barcelona (Philadelphia)
July 2004:
- Bayern Munich (Chicago), Celtic
(Philadelphia), AC Milan (New York)
July 2010:
- Philadelphia Union, Kansas City
Wizards, MLS All-Stars (Houston)
July 2011:
- New England Revolution (Boston),
Seattle Sounders, Chicago Fire, MLS All-Stars (New Jersey),
Barcelona (Washington)
July 2014:
- Roma (Denver), LA Galaxy (California),
Inter Milan (Washington), Real Madrid (Michigan), Liverpool
(Miami)
July 2015:
- Club America (Seattle), San Jose
Earthquakes (California), Barcelona (Santa Clara), Paris
Saint-Germain (Chicago)
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